Storm Crows
Recently I have been popping up to Deerleap for an evening stroll. Something I started during the lockdowns as my daily exercise from home. Today, I did not realise that a thunder storm was...
Category: Deerleap
Mendip Dandelions
Dandelions I was asked for information on where to find the best dandelions flowers in the area. For me there was one clear favourite. Up the Mendip Hills around Priddy are fields covered in...
Deerleap Sunset
Up the hill from the deer leap standing stones is a car park and picnic site. Famous as a location used in the Hot Fuzz film and with panoramic views across Somerset this one...
Summer mist at Deerleap
If you follow the road out of Wells to Wookey Hole and up the hill to Ebbor Gorge to the car park, then it is only a short walk to the deer leap standing...
Deerleap Snow
Singe Track Road One 4×4 had made it down the steep Deerleap road from the top of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Just around the corner the snow was 4 foot deep but they...
Deerleap
A quick trip up Deerleap on the edge of the Mendip Hills above Wookey and Wells. This has been a very mild winter with temperatures around 15 degrees. Today was yet another mild day. I...
Axe Valley
Today I drove up Deerleap to photograph the mist that was predicted by the Met Office. They did a good job and the mist was right on cue. I regularly visit this spot, its...
Primroses
On my way to Lynchcombe there is a spot near the Deerleap field that is great for primroses. It is getting harder and harder to photograph flowers near woodland as more wood is left to...
Deerleap Tree – Day 8
DAY 8: Deerleap Tree – Mendips, Somerset, UK. JB5_0767. A quick drive of a couple of miles from my home to capture the Dearleap Tree on Day 8. This was the first evening with...
Invasion of the Dandelions
Invasion of the dandelions – Dearleap, Somerset, UK. ID JB4_2406. The mild February and recent warm weather may be responsible for the huge numbers of dandelions in the fields in Somerset – and the...
